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Potter (Beatrix). Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, [1928], inscribed by the author
Potter (Beatrix). Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, London: Warne, [1928], half-title (lightly spotted at head) inscribed by author 'For Esther Nicholson with love from Aunt Beatrix Nov. 1928', 13 full-page colour illustrations (one for each month plus frontispiece), colour vignette to title, scarce minor marks, pictorial endpapers, hinges neatly strengthened (with slight creasing of pastedowns), original buff boards with colour illustration inset to both covers, rubbed and soiled, spine and front joint area with some adhesive staining from previous repairs, 12mo
(Qty: 1)
Provenance: sold Sotheby's, English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations, July 10 2012, lot 165 (with one other related item).
Linder pp.254-255 & 431; Quinby 28.
Esther Nicholson was one of William Heelis’s nieces. According to Judy Taylor (Beatrix Potter's Letters, p.380), "in 1915 Beatrix took on the financial responsibility for Esther’s education and over the ensuing years encouraged and supported her in her studies". Esther died in the early 1980s.
This was the only Beatrix Potter almanac produced. Writing to the Warnes about the design of the borders Beatrix Potter said "I shall not be able to do much more; these are good but they try my eyes very much. I cannot see to do them on dark days, and the lambing time is beginning ...". The author was unhappy with the finished article, and so the planned series of almanacs did not go ahead.
Presentation copies inscribed by Beatrix Potter in the year of publication are rare.
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Potter (Beatrix). Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, London: Warne, [1928], half-title (lightly spotted at head) inscribed by author 'For Esther Nicholson with love from Aunt Beatrix Nov. 1928', 13 full-page colour illustrations (one for each month plus frontispiece), colour vignette to title, scarce minor marks, pictorial endpapers, hinges neatly strengthened (with slight creasing of pastedowns), original buff boards with colour illustration inset to both covers, rubbed and soiled, spine and front joint area with some adhesive staining from previous repairs, 12mo
(Qty: 1)
Provenance: sold Sotheby's, English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations, July 10 2012, lot 165 (with one other related item).
Linder pp.254-255 & 431; Quinby 28.
Esther Nicholson was one of William Heelis’s nieces. According to Judy Taylor (Beatrix Potter's Letters, p.380), "in 1915 Beatrix took on the financial responsibility for Esther’s education and over the ensuing years encouraged and supported her in her studies". Esther died in the early 1980s.
This was the only Beatrix Potter almanac produced. Writing to the Warnes about the design of the borders Beatrix Potter said "I shall not be able to do much more; these are good but they try my eyes very much. I cannot see to do them on dark days, and the lambing time is beginning ...". The author was unhappy with the finished article, and so the planned series of almanacs did not go ahead.
Presentation copies inscribed by Beatrix Potter in the year of publication are rare.
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